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Edward Hennessey

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:04 am

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Recalling that your father is an aficionado of slide rules and not
finding your email at immediate reach,
here is something for the author of your days:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~krescook/images/WISP%20PDFs/WISP%20when%20slide%20rules%20ruled.pdf

And a shake of an aspergillum of apology water in unction of all
correspondents to whom I will return when times afford me
that welcome opportunity.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Peter Wells

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:39 pm

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On 29 avr, 09:04, "Edward Hennessey"
<halozzyzxhaloMINUS...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Quote:

Recalling that your father is an aficionado of slide rules and not
finding your email at immediate reach,
here is something for the author of your days:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~krescook/images/WISP%20PDFs/WISP%20when%20s...

And a shake of an aspergillum of apology water in unction of all
correspondents to whom I will return when times afford me
that welcome opportunity.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Many thanks for the reference of the library (I'll use it myself for
sure), but the link above seems to be broken... Could you add some
details as to content ?

Thanks

Edward Hennessey

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:32 pm

Guest

Peter Wells wrote:

Quote:

On 29 avr, 09:04, "Edward Hennessey"
halozzyzxhaloMINUS...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Recalling that your father is an aficionado of slide rules and
not
finding your email at immediate reach,
here is something for the author of your days:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~krescook/images/WISP%20PDFs/WISP%20when%20s...

And a shake of an aspergillum of apology water in unction of
all
correspondents to whom I will return when times afford me
that welcome opportunity.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Many thanks for the reference of the library (I'll use it myself
for
sure), but the link above seems to be broken... Could you add
some
details as to content ?

Thanks

PW:

Evidently the Dartmouth library got enough hits on the article,
which is normally
pay-per-view from Scientific American, that they circumscribed
access via the link.
It is hard to say whether any of our 4-5,000+ lurkers may have had
a finger in any
of that. Amazing though, that there are so many people who use the
group and do
nothing to promote its ride....

After beating about the web, I found a site your dad will love
which, for now, offers
a pdf of the article. See: http://www.sliderulemuseum.com/

Your father may also have fun hunting down the 2004 Scientific
American article by
Cliff Stoll on "The Curious History of the First Pocket
Calculator" which figures in
a story about the inventor's life in a concentration camp. If you
find a web link
to that article it will save foraging for my paper copy.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Peter Wells

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:01 pm

Guest

On 30 avr, 22:32, "Edward Hennessey"
<halozzyzxhaloMINUS...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Quote:

Peter Wells wrote:
On 29 avr, 09:04, "Edward Hennessey"
halozzyzxhaloMINUS...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Recalling that your father is an aficionado of slide rules and
not
finding your email at immediate reach,
here is something for the author of your days:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~krescook/images/WISP%20PDFs/WISP%20when%20s...

And a shake of an aspergillum of apology water in unction of
all
correspondents to whom I will return when times afford me
that welcome opportunity.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Many thanks for the reference of the library (I'll use it myself
for
sure), but the link above seems to be broken... Could you add
some
details as to content ?

Thanks

PW:

Evidently the Dartmouth library got enough hits on the article,
which is normally
pay-per-view from Scientific American, that they circumscribed
access via the link.
It is hard to say whether any of our 4-5,000+ lurkers may have had
a finger in any
of that. Amazing though, that there are so many people who use the
group and do
nothing to promote its ride....

After beating about the web, I found a site your dad will love
which, for now, offers
a pdf of the article. See:http://www.sliderulemuseum.com/

Your father may also have fun hunting down the 2004 Scientific
American article by
Cliff Stoll on "The Curious History of the First Pocket
Calculator" which figures in
a story about the inventor's life in a concentration camp. If you
find a web link
to that article it will save foraging for my paper copy.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey- Masquer le texte des messages précédents -

- Afficher le texte des messages précédents -

Brilliant ! I'm pretty sure he hadn't come across that site yet.

Many thanks again.

(As to lurking, I must confess I've been guilty in recent months; my
excuse was taht I've had very little work and so no questions to ask,
and most quesions I could answer were dealt with by others before I
got involved.)

Edward Hennessey

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:58 am

Guest

Peter Wells wrote:

Quote:

On 30 avr, 22:32, "Edward Hennessey"
halozzyzxhaloMINUS...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Peter Wells wrote:
On 29 avr, 09:04, "Edward Hennessey"
halozzyzxhaloMINUS...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Recalling that your father is an aficionado of slide rules
and
not
finding your email at immediate reach,
here is something for the author of your days:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~krescook/images/WISP%20PDFs/WISP%20when%20s...

And a shake of an aspergillum of apology water in unction of
all
correspondents to whom I will return when times afford me
that welcome opportunity.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Many thanks for the reference of the library (I'll use it
myself
for
sure), but the link above seems to be broken... Could you add
some
details as to content ?

Thanks

PW:

Evidently the Dartmouth library got enough hits on the article,
which is normally
pay-per-view from Scientific American, that they circumscribed
access via the link.
It is hard to say whether any of our 4-5,000+ lurkers may have
had
a finger in any
of that. Amazing though, that there are so many people who use
the
group and do
nothing to promote its ride....

After beating about the web, I found a site your dad will love
which, for now, offers
a pdf of the article. See:http://www.sliderulemuseum.com/

Your father may also have fun hunting down the 2004 Scientific
American article by
Cliff Stoll on "The Curious History of the First Pocket
Calculator" which figures in
a story about the inventor's life in a concentration camp. If
you
find a web link
to that article it will save foraging for my paper copy.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey- Masquer le texte des messages précédents -

- Afficher le texte des messages précédents -

Brilliant ! I'm pretty sure he hadn't come across that site yet.

Many thanks again.

(As to lurking, I must confess I've been guilty in recent
months; my
excuse was taht I've had very little work and so no questions to
ask,
and most quesions I could answer were dealt with by others
before I
got involved.

PW:

Good. I'm glad this is of benefit to you. The other article
reference is on the
Curta calculator, an ingenious little machine that bears a
semblant kinship
to a small coffee grinder. Collectors go deep in the pocket for
these. There's
more at www.curta.org on the mechanism.

As you should be assured, the remark on lurking wasn't a curveball
hit your way.
Rather, it was a remark tossed into the stands to suggest that it
takes only a little
effort to simply introduce oneself and make the game better for
all by actually
playing it. Besides which, it's easier to attend to another's
interest and extend
invitations to our raucous shindigs when people distinguish
themselves by name
and effort from wallpaper. No offense to wallpaper intended.

By the way, who was the lass in the morion and tinsel at our last
soiree?

Lucubrating regards,

Edward Hennessey

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